On 8 Mar 2006 14:12:57 -0800, "djs0302" > wrote:

>
>Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> That's the problem. The only fresh bakery(s) around here is the sourdough
>> kind. Everything else comes from a commercial outfit that supplies the
>> grocery stores so they can bake the stuff off in those little roll around
>> ovens.
>
>I've always hated the term "bake off". I never heard it until I worked
>in a bakery. I always want to say, "Bake off of what?" It makes no
>sense. I mean what's the difference between saying "Bake these pies"
>and "Bake off these pies" ? The term "break out" is almost as bad.


Maybe it all comes from Pillsbury.

Boron